Windows 8 System Requirements

Posted Date: 13-Sep-2011	Category: Windows 8	Rating:
Author: Tony John	Member Level: Diamond	Points: 30

In this post, I will discuss the official Windows 8 system requirements. No more we all need to depend on the rumors. Microsoft has officially announced the hardware, software and system requirements for the Windows 8 Developer preview build.

We have been hearing that Windows 8 will be lightweight, fast and clean. People loved Windows XP but then came Windows Vista which disappointed most of us. Then Microsoft introduced Windows 7 which was the most successful Windows release ever. Release of Windows 8 is a real challenge for Microsoft, one of the main reasons behind it is the success of Windows 7. Microsoft will have a tough time convincing people to get rid of their fast and clean Windows 7 and embrace the much better Windows 8.

In order to convince people to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, Microsoft would have to offer something really better. One thing most of hate to do is, upgrade our computers to install a newer version of Windows. Here is the good news - Windows 8 will run on your existing hardware which runs Windows 7. So, if you have been running Windows 7 on an old PC, be assured that Windows 8 can run on it, and run faster.

Windows 8 System requirements

Here is the official Windows 8 system requirements from Microsoft:

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor

Processor can be 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit

1 GB RAM for 32-bit and 2 GB RAM for 64-bit

16 GB available hard disk space for 32-bit and 20 GB disk space for 64-bit

DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

If you like to take advantage of the multi touch features, you need hardware that support multi-touch enabled screens.

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